Wheel.



' PATENTED SEPT. 17, 19E/)1 J. LAUTH. 1

WHEEL.y APPLIUATLON Huw JULY 3o, 190s.

UNITED vSTATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB LAUTI'I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL.

To all 'whom it 'muy concern:

.Be it known that JACOB Lawn, a citizen of the United States, r idin;4 at Chieago, in the county oi Cook and State i Illinois, has invented a new and 5 useful Improvement in Wheels, ol' which the follow ing is a specification. l

My invention relates particul-.n-ly to improvements in -metal wheels of the general character described in my Patent No. '744969, granted November 2li, 1903..'

l() My primary Objectis to provide a east metal wheel which shall be free iront danger ol` warping in the easting operation and which is capable ol receiving,l interchang lable'hubs and rirns, thereby adapting the Wheel t0 various iorlns e til s and various iornis el' bearings.

l5 The invention is illustrated in ils preferred embodiment in the accompanying draw ing, in which-- Figure l is a sectional view el' niy improved wheel; "and Fig.A 2, abroken side elevational view ol' the same with a portieri ol' the hub shown in section.

20 The wheel con1prises,in the preferred constitution; 'a series 0i' spokes A; a, riin Alorined integrally with the outer ends ol the spokes; a ring A? formed integrally with the inner ends el' the spokes; a removably Connected tire-attacliiug rin' i `applied to the rim A1;

` and a section-ally constructed hub C connected with I the ring er hub portion A2.

The spokes A are tubular and open at beth ends, the bores oi' the spokes extending through the riin Al. The rim is cylindrical in form with the metal extendingl transversely with relation te the spokes. The ring, or huh portion7 A2 is hollow, virtually all'ording two suitably spaced flanges u lying in planes parallel with the plane of the spokes, at right angles to the axis '0i the nheel. The flanges a are provided with per ier-ations al whith serve to receive bolts u! which conl neet the flanges with the removable huh.

The rim B is Connected with the rirn A1 by screws or rivets b.

, The heb C may be of any suitable construction. As

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shown, it comprises a barrel c having a bore c" and 40 equipped near 011e end with an 4external iiange C2; zt sleeve c equipped with a iinnge c4; and an end-cap e5 threaded en te the extremity of the barrel e. The barrel r: extends'through the ring' A2 :ind the 'llange t2 hears against one el the flanges a el' said ring. The bar- 45 rel has a redire-ed portion c upon which the sleeve c is fitted, and the [lange e* hears against the other [jauge u of the ring A2. The bolts a2 extend throng?. all oi4 said (langes, so that the rif-1, A2 isifirnil'y elalnrped between the seetions oi the hub. The outer endoi the barrel c projects.beyond tire sleeve ci and is threaded to receive the end-cap .lhe'redue-ed section -C- 0i the barrel is carried lar enough to providel ft pace c7 which permits adjustment ei the hub-sections and bny ables the ring .M to he firmly clamped. C

lt will now be understood that the spokes A, the rini A1 and the rn A? may be integrally east Without danger oi warping of the spokes and that by' means oi' interehangeahle tire-attaehing rims and hubs, the wheel is adapted to various iorius ei tires andV various forins ol hearings. l ln sonie instances the tire-attach ing rini may be Wholly omitted, and the rrn A may serve lo receive the tire direct. The improved wheel .is perfectly adapted [or use in automobile eonstruction, al'l'ording a strong, relatively light and inde- 65 struetihle wheel.

What il regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:4

A wheel, comprising' tubular spokes, a rim east'integrally with the outer ends o'f the spokes'and having the metal 7() disposed transverselyY with' relation to the spokes, a. ring' cast inte rally with the inner ends of the spokes and having;- rlanees extenda;l inwardly from the inner ends of ther spokes, and a separately formed hub comprising sections havingl flanges einlnaeing,r the llanges of said ring.

JACOB LAUTH.

In the presence ofA il. linisliau, J. i1. LlanurasA 

